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Rebecca Ann Lange is a professor of experimental petrology, magmatism and volcanism at the University of Michigan.[1] Her research investigates how magmatism has shaped the evolution of the Earth, as well as the formation of continental crust. She is a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and was awarded the F.W. Clarke Medal in 1995.
Becky Lange | |
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Born | Rebecca Ann Lange |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BS, PhD) |
Awards | F.W. Clarke Medal (1995) Sigma Xi |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geochemistry Magmatism Volcanism Experimental petrology Thermodynamics[1] |
Institutions | Princeton University University of Michigan |
Thesis | I. Properties of silicate liquids: volume and redox state : II. The association of Lamprophyres and Basaltic Andesites in Western Mexico (1989) |
Doctoral advisor | Ian S. E. Carmichael[2] |
Website | lsa |
Lange studied geology at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her bachelor's degree in 1995, and remained there for her doctoral studies. She was a member of Sigma Xi.[3] Lange completed her doctorate under the supervision of Ian S. E. Carmichael.[2][4] Together they worked on the aurora volcanic field, which is located in the Mono Lake in the Great Basin.[5]
Lange was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University where she worked with Alexandra Navrotsky on the heat capacities of silicate liquids.[6]
Lange was appointed assistant professor at the University of Michigan in 1991 and was promoted to professor in 2004.[citation needed] Her research investigates how magmatism and volcanism have shaped the Earth.[1] Lange studies the formation of the continental crust. She works on the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, a neogene volcanic arc at the edge of the North American Plate.[7] Here she is uncovering the eruption rates of magma, proportions of different types of magma and role of water.[7][8]
She created a thermodynamic model of the plagioclase-liquid exchange reaction.[9] Lange's model contained calorimeteric and volumetric information for the liquid and crystalline components.[9] Lange has since served on the F.W. Clarke Medal committee.[10]
Her awards and honours include:
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